... After a trip to the ER a week ago, I was diagnosed with pleurisy. At the time, I was extremely uncomfortable and couldn't lay down, and was breathing shallowly as every breath made it worse. ... (0 replies)

... I am 18 year old male and have been experiencing creaking in my lower right chest when I breathe and when I push on the area, it doesn't happen to often this goes away when I cough. This has been happening for a couple of years now. ... (0 replies)

... My pulmonoligist thinks it is either anxiety or that I should see another heart specialist. Recently went into the water and felt no discomfort being submerged neck deep. However, when I attempted to swim, I found that I could not inhale while exerting myself during the swim. ... (6 replies)

... Hey drcassinelli, I know exactly how you feel. I have the same problem! I can never take a deep breath, and I always seem to be yawning in order to get any type of breath. It's very annoying, and it scares me sometimes. ... (5 replies)

... During the treatment, I have been increasingly out of breath, with a dry cough, and discomfortwhen I take deep breaths. Eventually, the bleomycin was dropped from the last 3 sessions of chemo. ... (4 replies)

... age just under breast aswell. pains in belly on occassions also. i dont feel short of breath the majority of time i only really notice im a little out of breath when im running up and down the stairs and am stressed at the time then i feel my heart race a little faster too. ... (3 replies)

... I thought possible blood clot but it only hurts if I turn a certain way or if I swallow solid foods. When I would turn a certain way and breathed in deep it was hell. But if I sit or stand normally I feel no pain or discomfort whatsoever. ... (4 replies)

... bilateral pleurectomy nearly 10 years ago and this was because of a spontaneous pneumothorax i had 3 times. I was told before the operation that i may still feel discomfort for anything up to 5 years after the operation. ... (0 replies)

... i was smoking, i felt that my lungs got congested. So i told myself that i am gonna quit this bad habit. The following day, i got chest pains, and i was feeling discomfort in my chest for a week. In that week i could only sleep straight as both side of my ribs was in pain. ... (9 replies)

... and ribs. after the massage i feel better and the pain below the diafram dissapeared. However the pain is now at a different place. The sternum has been painful when i press it. sometimes when i breath in the begining.Probably it is due to the heart ultrasound coz when the doctor did that, i was twisting in pain. ... (9 replies)

... had noticed for a whole year that my diaphragm felt like it wasn't working. Sometimes it even felt numb, just dead in there. I would have to force myself to take deep breaths. So they found it on the lung xray, as I have been short of breath too for all of this time. It used to be mild, but in late April became more severe. ... (22 replies)

... biotics, they did a CT scan on my lungs and it came back normal. I never did really cough anything up, although after doing several breathing treatments, I did have a few hardy coughing sessions, but not many, nor really productive. ... (2 replies)

... Up till that age I was very healthy and active joining in all the sports day then suddenly I started having breathing difficulties I would become upset quickly and suffer panic attacks which caused me to hyperventilate close to suffocation several times. ... (5 replies)